Estimating detection and density of the Andean cat in the high Andes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-147

  Reppucci, Juan ^a   Gardner, Beth ^b   Lucherini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Camera trapping; Felids; Spatial capture recapture

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARGENTINA;

FELIDAE; LEOPARDUS; ONCIFELIS COLOCOLO; OREAILURUS JACOBITA;

EID: 79951905450     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-053.1     Document Type: Article

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